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The city will have a new permanent Public Works director, but it won't be a new face around City Hall. With unanimous approval of the City Council Tuesday night, City Manager Daniel Ortiz-Hernandez appointed Biridiana Bishop as the new Public Works director. "Biridiana Bishop has been working in the position as acting public works director since Jan. 2019," Ortiz-Hernandez said. "She will coordinate the activities of the department. Public Works is the largest area of the city's departments and...
Longtime Shafter patron and national farm leader and innovator Fred Starrh passed away Tuesday, April 16, at age 89. He died following a stroke, the family said. Starrh moved to Shafter at age 7 when his family left Tucson, Ariz., in 1936. Starrh farmed with his father and passed the tradition on to his family as they grew the farm into one of the leading cotton farms in the county, as well as branching out into almonds and pistachios. He was generous in his local leadership, recognized in the...
Over 140 people participated in the Wasco's Spring Community Clean-Up at Barker Park Saturday morning. Code Compliance Officer Mathew Maldonado coordinated the cleanup and had prepared instructions for all group leaders, plenty of garbage bags and enough pairs of gloves for everyone. Oldsters and youngsters alike worked together picking up trash and debris while walking alleyways within the city. Helping out with the cleanup were City Manager Daniel Ortiz-Hernandez, Director of Public Works Biri...
One of two suspects in an assault and kidnapping of a dog was arrested last week, and the other man is still at large. On Sunday, April 7, at about 11:30 p.m., two adult male suspects encountered a male walking a friend's dog. According to deputies, the two suspects began to punch the victim in his face, head and upper torso. The incident occurred at Beckes Street and Flower Street, and the two suspects fled with a 5-to-6-month-old blue nose female pit bull. The victim was treated at a local...
Code compliance officers are what keep the city adhering to the municipal codes that have been adopted by local government. Sergio Gonzalez is one of two Code compliance officers for the city of Wasco; the other is Matthew Maldonado. The two work closely together and were instrumental in the recent Community Clean-up held Saturday at Barker Park. Gonzalez is a born-and-raised Wasco resident, as is his wife, Isabel. They live in town with their two children, a boy and a girl. After graduating...
April 9 Daniel Raymond Torres, 34, of Wasco, was arrested at the intersection of Poplar Avenue and 11th Street for possession of controlled substance paraphernalia, possession of heroin for sales, maintaining a residence for the purpose of sales, intimidating a witness, participation in a criminal street gang, unlawful possession of a firearm, child endangerment, felon in possession of a firearm, felon in possession of ammunition and possession of stolen property. He was booked into the Kern County Jail. Daniel Bojorquez Torres, 59, of Wasco,...
ANNOUNCEMENTS NEW: Resource fair -- 4th Annual Community Career and Resource Fair. Open to the public. FREE. Tuesday, April 30, 6-7 p.m. at the Wasco Union High School-Cafeteria, 1900 7th St.. Food, raffle prizes, family resources, college and career resources and more. NEW: Feria de resursos -- 4th Annual Feria de Carreras y Resursos para la Comunidad. ¡abierto al publico! ¡evento gratuito! Wasco Union High School Cafeteria, 1900 7th St. Martes 30 de Abril 2019, 6-7 p.m. Comida, rifas, recursos para la familia, recursos de colegio y c...
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Here's this week's challenge, courtesy of the Wasco Historical Society. If you know the location, circumstances, exact or rough date and/or people in the photo, send your educated (or semieducated) guess to The Tribune, 406 Central Ave., Shafter 93263, or e-mail it to [email protected]. Winners will be revealed here next week. LAST WEEK: WHS 85th-year reunion for the school and 50th-year reunion for the class of 1940....
Tarzan is looking for his forever family. He is a male German shephard mix about 10 months old. He weighs 40 pounds. He is shy at first but warms up quickly. He came in with six other dogs from an abandoned home. His number is AC19-204. If you want to play with Tarzan, visit him at the Wasco Animal Shelter, 5409 7th St., or call 661-758-7240....
Shoppers at Walmart and visitors to Starbucks were questioned by Editor Toni DeRosa as to what their plans were for Easter Sunday....
Florentina Flores, 85. of Wasco, passed away April 16, 2019 in Wasco. Peters Funeral Home, Wasco....
“For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, Your heavenly Father will also forgive you.” “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” -- Mahatma Gandhi I heard a speaker say one time that the worst thing a person can do when starting a speech, sermon or an article such as this is to begin with an apology. But here goes. You will please forgive me as I share on the subject of forgiveness. You see, I have had a very full week, with this subject taking center stage on each turn. And then on top of that...
Today we mourn the loss of a great man, Fred Starrh, patron of the arts, sciences and his church, lover of his family and community, local farmer and an approachable, larger-than-life friend to many people across the nation. Fred slipped peacefully from this world on the evening of April 16, 2019 at the age of 89, at home while under the care of his wife, Linda Starrh. Fred was born in Arizona on June 15, 1929 of humble circumstance, the youngest son of a family growing cotton in Pima County...
The eldest Philanthropic Education Organization (P.E.O.) member to grace the doors of Shafter's Carrington House is a Wasco resident. Ninety-nine-year-old Mary Ellen Rexius recently moved into Carrington House's Assisted Living because she was no longer able to get to all the meetings. The P.E.O. is well known for holding great meals and teas, so on March 22, Carrington House and the P.E.O., Chapter JT, partnered to hold a tea for Rexius and all the residents at Carrington House. The P.E.O....
A Wasco man was arrested Sunday in the shooting of a teenager the day before. On Saturday at approximately 12:40 p.m., Kern County Sheriff’s deputies out of the Wasco substation were dispatched to the 700 block of 16th Street after a report of a victim of a shooting. When deputies arrived, they located a 17-year-old male who had been shot in the chest. The juvenile was transported by ambulance to a local-area hospital for treatment, where it was determined his injuries were not life threatening. Deputies determined that the shooting took p...
“For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, Your heavenly Father will also forgive you.” “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” -- Mahatma Gandhi I heard a speaker say one time that the worst thing a person can do when starting a speech, sermon or an article such as this is to begin with an apology. But here goes. You will please forgive me as I share on the subject of forgiveness. You see, I have had a very full week, with this subject taking...
Jose Aspericueta Silverio wants you to come into one of his two used car lots and leave with a shiny, highly polished and mechanically sound vehicle. He's had the Wasco lot for eight years and the one in Delano for four, and he's got a wide variety of cars to meet every budget. The least-expensive car he has sold is a 2012 Ford Fiesta for $3,900 and the most-expensive one was a 2016 Z71 Chevy pickup for $45,000. "The oldest car I have on the lot is a 2005," he says. In order to qualify for a...
This week I wanted to discuss what seems to be the most controversial issue in our nation at this moment: immigration. It's important for all of us to understand the roles of all the different jurisdictions of government so that we can better know where one goes to get the results we want. As part of that, I have made it a goal of our office to better understand immigration law and policy and to understand where the county fits in this equation. As part of that education process, District 4...
There are several Easter weekend events in Wasco beginning Friday through Easter Sunday. On Friday at 6 p. m., St. John’s Evangelical Church at 1129 9th Place will have its annual Passion of the Cross play on the schoolyard. Easter masses will be held Saturday at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 8 a.m. (Spanish), 10 a.m. (English) and noon (Spanish). On Saturday, Westside Family Fellowship, 2150 Palm Ave., will be having Easter Prep Day, where there will be activities for the entire family beginning at 10 a.m. The church also has a special Easter s...
Rita A. Portwood was born on Dec. 13, 1932 in Stigler, Okla., and passed away peacefully at her home in Wasco on April 9, 2019 after a short illness. She was 86 years old and had been in the capable hands of in-home caregivers, as well as hospice care. Rita enjoyed the family farm life and attending yearly reunions of the extended Mills family. She also enjoyed a cattle ranch she and her husband owned in Springville for over 40 years; she loved the cattle, wildlife and hiking around the hills...
The earthly journey of Ione R. Jensen Lollar came to an unexpected end on April 1, 2019. Living with the lifelong motto of "Life's a Journey," what a journey she had! Ione was born in Curtis, Neb., on June 15, 1936 to loving parents Clarence "Butch" and Ebba Jensen. At age 3, the family moved to California, where Lollar would live for the next 80 years. Ione attended Wasco schools and graduated from Wasco High in 1954. Her journey continued to UCLA and Children's Hospital School of Physical...
